Pill was 2 for 4 with two home runs, six RBIs and two runs scored at Nashville on Thursday. He’s hitting .345, he leads the Pacific Coast League with nine homers and his 43 RBIs are the most in all of professional baseball.

“The roster is not a challenge or a problem,” Bochy said. “We know Pill is swinging the bat well. We watch him. We talk about it. He’s doing what he needs to do. But to be honest, we’re not talking about making changes. Now, after the game, that could change. But there’s no talk of bringing him up right now.”

Guess that answers that. End of subject.

]]>By: Peterhttp://blogs.mercurynews.com/giants/2013/05/10/fridays-giants-lineup-belt-back-up-to-no-6-spot/#comment-377951
Sat, 11 May 2013 00:54:34 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/giants/?p=12628#comment-377951I learned today that the OF who was hitting .415 in Fresno is not the answer in LF, but the 1B hitting .345 is. And Chris Stewart’s “veteran” presence in spring training carried the staff all the way to the WS. Kind of funny given that Stewart has less big league time than nearly everyone on the pitching staff.
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Sat, 11 May 2013 00:40:26 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/giants/?p=12628#comment-377948As Lefty says, Pill has already played LF for SF in 2012; and his D was a notch above Pat the Bat’s when we installed him in LF on a platoon basis. We’re all agreed that we sorely need a big bopper, and Pill is 28 and bopping like no one else at AAA. Agreed, AAA is not MLB. But then, we won’t ever know if Pill can cut this time unless we put him in position to. So, send Pegs back to Fresno to learn patience, and call up Pill. Otherwise, if you seriously think we can go out and trade (who?) for an MLB-established power bat, I’m eager to know who you would trade that is not one of our elite pitching prospects. For now, Pill seems like the most obvious and least expensive choice to ignite our offense. And yes, I agree that our O is not the biggest problem for now—it’s our on-again/off-again SP’s. But before making any drastic moves to revitalize our SP’s it seems to me our wisest course of action would be to rest Vogey for a turn or two, plug in long-reliever Gaudin + pen, and let Rags work his magic to get our other SP’s back on track.
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Sat, 11 May 2013 00:40:22 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/giants/?p=12628#comment-377947New thread
]]>By: dgghttp://blogs.mercurynews.com/giants/2013/05/10/fridays-giants-lineup-belt-back-up-to-no-6-spot/#comment-377945
Sat, 11 May 2013 00:36:19 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/giants/?p=12628#comment-377945Ugh. Name calling is unfriendly.
]]>By: Giant PITAhttp://blogs.mercurynews.com/giants/2013/05/10/fridays-giants-lineup-belt-back-up-to-no-6-spot/#comment-377944
Sat, 11 May 2013 00:35:13 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/giants/?p=12628#comment-377944Peakfreak = weak
]]>By: dgghttp://blogs.mercurynews.com/giants/2013/05/10/fridays-giants-lineup-belt-back-up-to-no-6-spot/#comment-377943
Sat, 11 May 2013 00:34:35 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/giants/?p=12628#comment-377943Wait, peakfreak, come back! Let me explain. I asked the question to point out the obvious: Pill has no real experience playing left field. This was my response to the line-up above which puts Pill in left field.
]]>By: Leftyhttp://blogs.mercurynews.com/giants/2013/05/10/fridays-giants-lineup-belt-back-up-to-no-6-spot/#comment-377942
Sat, 11 May 2013 00:31:45 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/giants/?p=12628#comment-377942Or straight into the ground! Remember that throw–I think maybe Game 1 of the World Series? That was something.
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Sat, 11 May 2013 00:26:42 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/giants/?p=12628#comment-377941Nice call Lefty.. Delmon can throw grounders to the dugout from LF!!!!!
]]>By: peakfreakhttp://blogs.mercurynews.com/giants/2013/05/10/fridays-giants-lineup-belt-back-up-to-no-6-spot/#comment-377940
Sat, 11 May 2013 00:26:29 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/giants/?p=12628#comment-377940ok, you’ve done it, the Pill nonsense has pushed me off the board. You won’t have me to kick around (atleast until I check back in in July when the team might be in the same place it is now and I won’t have read all the blathering).
I’ll miss Lefty, Anti and CC, but not anymore than I already miss the Wisdom Cow.
Sayonara Suckers!
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